Lamentations 1:2

We [PRS] weep bitterly all night long, with tears flowing down our cheeks. Among the people in all the nations that loved Jerusalem there are none that comfort us now. All the rulers of those nations that were previously our allies have betrayed us, and they are all now enemies of the people of Jerusalem.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

In Context

1Jerusalem was once full of people, but now it is deserted. Once it was honored by people all over the world, but now it is grieving/abandoned like [SIM] a widow. Once it was honored like [MET] a princess is honored among the nations, but now we who live here have become slaves.

3The people of Judah have been ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries► and caused to suffer greatly as slaves. They live in other nations where they do not have peace/safety. Their enemies seized them, and there was no way for them to escape.

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Cross References

Job 6:15But you, my friends, are not dependable. You are like streams: They spill over their banks in the spring

Job 19:13“God has caused my brothers to abandon me, and all those who know me act like strangers to me.

Psalms 31:11All of my enemies make fun of me, and even my neighbors despise me. Even my friends are afraid of me because they think I am being punished by God, and when they see me on the streets, they run away.

Psalms 77:2Whenever have trouble, I pray to the Lord; all during the night I lift up my hands while I pray, but nothing causes me to be comforted.

Isaiah 51:18Now you do not have any children who are alive [DOU] and able to take your hand and guide you.

Jeremiah 4:30So you who will surely be destroyed, why are you doing the things that you are doing now? Why are you wearing beautiful clothes and jewelry? Why are you putting paint around your eyes? Doing those things will not help you, because the people in other countries that you think love you actually despise you, and they will try to kill you.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 1:2-12

Lamentations Since what Solomon says, though contrary to the common opinion of the world, is certainly true, that sorrow is better than laughter, and it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting, we should come to the reading and consideration of the melancholy chapters of this book, not only willingly, but with an expectation to edify ourselves by them; and, that we may do this, we must compose ourselves to a holy sadness and resolve to weep with the weeping prophet. Let us consider,… Read the whole commentary →

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